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Grains & Pasta. Tonja Bolding Patsy Whiddon Lakeside High School. Couscous. Couscous is a type of pasta, it is made from semolina wheat flour and comes in various sizes. It is a long process to get it to the state which is available to us now and saves us a lot of time.
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Grains & Pasta Tonja Bolding Patsy Whiddon Lakeside High School
Couscous • Couscous is a type of pasta, it is made from semolina wheat flour and comes in various sizes. It is a long process to get it to the state which is available to us now and saves us a lot of time. • Couscous is a staple food in Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, and Libya.
Bulgar Wheat or Tabouli • Bulgar wheat is the whole grain of wheat chopped into smaller pieces. It is high in fiber and a good source of complex carbohydrates. • Tabouli originated in Lebanon where they usually roll it in lettuce leaves and eat it like we would eat a wrap. • In Lebanon it is a salad dish usually made with mint and vegetables.
Wheat Berry • Wheat berry, other wise known as the Caryopsis is made up of the whole wheat grain: the embryo plant, endosperm, and bran. • It is especially good for us because it has all three parts of the plant which is really considered the “fruit” of the plant. • Wheat is grown all around the world: China, Soviet Union, United States, India and Canada all produce wheat.
Millet • Millet is a small-seeded species of cereal crop grain grown in difficult production environments. • It was Millet, not rice, that was the most important aspect of prehistoric diet of Chinese and Korean societies.(3500-2000BCE) • It is eaten in Western India and East Africa • Contains no gluten which makes it a good choice for people with Coeliac disease.
Quinoa (Keen-wa) • Quinoa is a Spanish specie of Goosefoot. It is a pseudocereal, not a cereal or a grass. • Incas held it sacred and used it as their main source of plant food. It is 12-18 % protien by weight and an excellent source of fiber. It has all the essential amino acids and is gluten free. • It is being considered by NASA as a possible crop in the Controlled Ecological Life Support System for long term space travel.
Resources • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinoa#History_and_culture • http://www.cgiar.org/impact/research/wheat.html • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millet#Production_history • http://www.killerplants.com/weird-plants/20031009.asp • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Couscous
